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Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
Sort of mf to finally give something with an annoying fanbase a go on my deathbed and lament not having spent my life enjoying it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Sort of mf to finally give something with an annoying fanbase a go on my deathbed and lament not having spent my life enjoying it.
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[mao if he played shmups] in a game that autoscrolls, the core struggle is to stay alive. what must one do to stay alive? he must not get hit. therefore it is paramount in all things to avoid getting hit - by bullets and also by enemies. only when this is achieved can we then consider the boss
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
[mao if he played shmups] in a game that autoscrolls, the core struggle is to stay alive. what must one do to stay alive? he must not get hit. therefore it is paramount in all things to avoid getting hit - by bullets and also by enemies. only when this is achieved can we then consider the boss
Treated myself to a silly keyboard
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Treated myself to a silly keyboard
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Watch for the goat's magick!
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Watch for the goat's magick!
The environmental storytelling in the inbox in Q-UP is really something.
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The environmental storytelling in the inbox in Q-UP is really something.
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Eshun Kodwo's More Brilliant Than The Sun is maybe the best book about music I've ever read
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Eshun Kodwo's More Brilliant Than The Sun is maybe the best book about music I've ever read
I've been back to practicing guitar daily which has been nice. However, I keep nearly forgetting my daily dles. Just need to keep in mind that guitar practice is in itself a dle.
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I've been back to practicing guitar daily which has been nice. However, I keep nearly forgetting my daily dles. Just need to keep in mind that guitar practice is in itself a dle.
Free mechanic idea for indie soulslike developers
he believes what now
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Free mechanic idea for indie soulslike developers
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It's so funny how I think I'll need so much complicated backstory for characters, and then I read the bios for Golden axe
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It's so funny how I think I'll need so much complicated backstory for characters, and then I read the bios for Golden axe
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major rights holders are selling out artists for a piece of the AI action, just as they did with streaming pitchfork.com/news/warner-...
Warner Joins Forces With AI Song Generator, Suno, That It Was Suing
After accusing Suno of illegally training artificial intelligence on its artists, Warner Music Group has made a licensing deal with the company that includes handing it control of Songkick
pitchfork.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
major rights holders are selling out artists for a piece of the AI action, just as they did with streaming pitchfork.com/news/warner-...
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Why does the Merriam Webster illustration for Pince-nez look like a lady wojak
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Why does the Merriam Webster illustration for Pince-nez look like a lady wojak
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time loop is stable? that's bread on the table - old(?) time traveler's saying
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
time loop is stable? that's bread on the table - old(?) time traveler's saying
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This was my white whale for a long time, but the sourced audio sample during Xenogears' "Blazing Knights" boss fight track was taken from Christian Brando's manslaughter trial in 1990!
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This was my white whale for a long time, but the sourced audio sample during Xenogears' "Blazing Knights" boss fight track was taken from Christian Brando's manslaughter trial in 1990!
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Today we are reading vintage Richard Scarry
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Today we are reading vintage Richard Scarry
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tip: you can make up for being a bad person by denying yourself all sources of comfort and pleasure
October 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
tip: you can make up for being a bad person by denying yourself all sources of comfort and pleasure
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Got the apartment to myself this morning ☺️
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Got the apartment to myself this morning ☺️
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skull, screenshot, commodore 64 (1984) www.mobygames.com/game/19288/s...
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
skull, screenshot, commodore 64 (1984) www.mobygames.com/game/19288/s...
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Remember when Aaron Swartz downloaded JSTOR archives that he had full legal rights to download and the FBI hounded him literally to death for it? Anyway,
NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Remember when Aaron Swartz downloaded JSTOR archives that he had full legal rights to download and the FBI hounded him literally to death for it? Anyway,
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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
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FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
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Execution of the coward invader "Bows" by Maiden Mipsy at the gates of Raya Lucaria
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Execution of the coward invader "Bows" by Maiden Mipsy at the gates of Raya Lucaria